Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 39 of 2006 Reporting Standard ARS 393.0 Lease Finance (Cth)
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 39 of 2006
Reporting standard ARS 393.0 Lease Finance
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
I, Charles Watts Littrell, a delegate of APRA, under paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Act) and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901:
REVOKE the Reporting Standard ARS 393.0 (2005) Lease Finance; and
DETERMINE the Reporting standard ARS 393.0 Lease Finance in the form set out in the Schedule, which applies to the financial sector entities referred to in paragraph 2 of the reporting standard.
Under section 15 of the Act, I DECLARE that the reporting standard shall begin to apply to those financial sector entities on the later of 1 July 2006 and the date of registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated 26 June 2006
[signed]
Charles Littrell
Executive General Manager
Policy, Research and Statistics
APRA
Interpretation
In this Determination
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
Schedule
Reporting standard ARS 393.0 Lease Finance comprises 74 pages commencing on the next page.
Reporting Standard ARS 393.0
Lease Finance
Objective of this reporting standard
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001. It requires all authorised deposit-taking institutions, except locally-incorporated special service providers and specialist credit card institutions (whether locally-incorporated or not), to report to APRA, generally on a monthly basis, in relation to their lease finance.
This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of relevant information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with:
Form ARF 393.0.1 Lease Finance in NSW;
Form ARF 393.0.2 Lease Finance in VIC;
Form ARF 393.0.3 Lease Finance in QLD;
Form ARF 393.0.4 Lease Finance in SA;
Form ARF 393.0.5 Lease Finance in WA;
Form ARF 393.0.6 Lease Finance in TAS;
Form ARF 393.0.7 Lease Finance in the NT; and
Form ARF 393.0.8 Lease Finance in the ACT,
and the associated instructions (all of which are attached and form part of this reporting standard).
Purpose
Data collected in Forms ARF 393.0.1 to 393.0.8 is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision. It may also be used by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Application
This reporting standard applies to all authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) except locally-incorporated special service providers and specialist credit card institutions (whether locally-incorporated or not).
Information required
An ADI that is a:
(a)locally-incorporated bank; or
(b) foreign ADI (other than a specialist credit card institution)
must complete each of Forms ARF 393.0.1 to 393.0.8 on a domestic books basis for each reporting period.
An ADI that is:
(a)a locally-incorporated building society;
(b)a locally-incorporated credit union; or
(c)Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited
must complete each of Forms ARF 393.0.1 to 393.0.8 on a licensed ADI basis for each reporting period.
Forms and method of submission
The information required by this reporting standard must be given to APRA either:
(a)in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or
(b)manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.
Reporting periods and due dates
Subject to paragraph 7, the information required by this reporting standard must be provided in respect of each calendar month.
APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specified reporting periods, for a particular ADI, to require it to provide the information required by this reporting standard more frequently, or less frequently, having regard to:
(a)the particular circumstances of the ADI;
(b)the extent to which the information is required for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the ADI; and
(c)the requirements of the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The information required by this reporting standard must be provided to APRA by 10 business days after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.
APRA may grant an ADI an extension of a due date in writing in which case the new due date for the provision of the information will be the date on the notice of extension.
Authorisation
If an ADI submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the ADI to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the ADI who have authority from the ADI to transmit the data to APRA.
If information under this reporting standard is provided in paper form, it must be signed on the front page of the relevant completed form by either:
(a)the Principal Executive Officer of the ADI; or
(b)the Chief Financial Officer of the ADI (whatever his or her official title may be).
Minor alterations to forms and instructions
APRA may make minor variations to:
(a)a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b)the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.
If APRA makes such a variation it must notify in writing each ADI that is required to report under this reporting standard.
Transitional
An ADI must report under the old reporting standard in respect of a transitional reporting period. For these purposes:
old reporting standard means the reporting standard revoked in the determination making this reporting standard (being the reporting standard which this reporting standard replaces).
transitional reporting period means a reporting period under the old reporting standard:
(a)which ended before the date of revocation of the old reporting standard; and
(b)in relation to which the ADI was required, under the old reporting standard, to report by a date on or after the date of revocation of the old reporting standard.
Interpretation - classifications of ADIs
In this reporting standard:
ADI means an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959.
ADI list means the attached ADI list.
building society means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Building Societies’ in the ADI list.
credit union means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Credit Unions’ in the ADI list.
foreign ADI means an ADI that is not incorporated in Australia.
locally-incorporated means incorporated in Australia.
locally-incorporated bank means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Australian-owned Banks’ or ‘Foreign Subsidiary Banks’ in the ADI list.
special service provider means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Other ADIs’ in the ADI list (other than Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited).
specialist credit card institution means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)’ in the ADI list.
If an ADI is not in the ADI list, then:
(a)if the ADI assumes or uses the word ‘bank’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a bank for the purposes of this reporting standard;
(b)if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘building society’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated building society for the purposes of this reporting standard;
(c)if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘credit union’, ‘credit society’ or ‘credit co-operative’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated credit union for the purposes of this standard; and
(d)if the ADI engages in credit card issuing or credit card acquiring, or both, and does not otherwise carry on banking business within the meaning of section 5 of the Banking Act 1959, it is taken to be a specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard.
APRA may in writing determine that an ADI is taken to be a locally-incorporated bank, locally-incorporated building society, locally-incorporated credit union, locally-incorporated special service provider or specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard (even if, under paragraph 15 or 16, it comes within a different classification).
Interpretation - other definitions
In this reporting standard:
business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Principal Executive Officer means the principal executive officer of the ADI for the time being, by whatever name called, and whether or not he or she is a member of the governing board of the entity.
reporting period means a reporting period under paragraph 6 or, if applicable, paragraph 7.
The ADI list
Australian-owned Banks
Adelaide Bank Limited
AMP Bank Limited
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
Bank of Queensland Limited
Bendigo Bank Limited
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia)
Elders Rural Bank Limited
Macquarie Bank Limited
Members Equity Bank Pty Limited
National Australia Bank Limited
St George Bank Limited
Suncorp-Metway Limited
Westpac Banking Corporation
Foreign Subsidiary Banks
Arab Bank Australia Limited
Bank of China (Australia) Limited
Bank of Cyprus Australia Pty Limited
BankWest (the trading name of Bank of Western Australia Limited, a foreign subsidiary bank following its sale to Bank of Scotland in December 1995)
Citigroup Pty Limited
HSBC Bank Australia Limited
ING Bank (Australia) Limited
Investec Bank (Australia) Limited
Laiki Bank (Australia) Limited
NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited
Rabobank Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Rabobank Nederland from October 1994)
Branches of Foreign Banks
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Bank of America, National Association
Bank of China (subject to depositor protection provisions of the Banking Act 1959)
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd
Barclays Capital (the trading name of Barclays Bank plc)
BNP Paribas
Citibank N.A.
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank AG
HBOS Treasury Services plc
HSBC Bank plc
ING Bank NV
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
Rabobank Nederland (the trading name of Co-operative Central Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A.)
Royal Bank of Canada
Société Générale
Standard Chartered Bank
State Bank of India
State Street Bank and Trust Company
The International Commercial Bank of China
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Taiwan Business Bank
UBS AG
United Overseas Bank Limited
WestLB AG
Building Societies
ABS Building Society Ltd
B & E Ltd
Greater Building Society Ltd
Heritage Building Society Limited
Home Building Society Ltd
Hume Building Society Ltd
IMB Ltd
Lifeplan Australia Building Society Limited
Mackay Permanent Building Society Ltd
Maitland Mutual Building Society Limited
Newcastle Permanent Building Society Ltd
Pioneer Permanent Building Society Limited
The Rock Building Society Limited
Wide Bay Australia Ltd
Credit Unions
Alliance One Credit Union Ltd
AMP Employees' & Agents Credit Union Limited
Austral Credit Union Limited
Australian Central Credit Union Limited
Australian Country Credit Union Ltd (trading as Reliance Credit Union)
Australian Defence Credit Union Ltd
AWA Credit Union Limited
Bananacoast Community Credit Union Ltd
Bankstown City Credit Union Ltd
Berrima District Credit Union Ltd
Big Sky Credit Union Ltd
Blue Mountains and Riverlands Community Credit Union Ltd
Broadway Credit Union Ltd
Calare Credit Union Ltd
CAPE Credit Union Limited
Capital Credit Union Ltd
Capricornia Credit Union Ltd
Carboy (SA) Credit Union Limited
Central Murray Credit Union Limited
Central West Credit Union Limited
Circle Credit Co-operative Limited
Coastline Credit Union Limited
Collie Miners Credit Union Ltd
Community Alliance Credit Union Limited
Community CPS Australia Limited
Community First Credit Union Limited
Companion Credit Union Limited
Comtax Credit Union Limited
Connect Credit Union of Tasmania Limited
Country First Credit Union Ltd
CPS Credit Union Co-operative (ACT) Limited
Credit Union Australia Ltd
Credit Union Incitec Pivot Limited
Croatian Community Credit Union Limited
CSR and Rinker Employees Credit Union Limited
Dairy Farmers Credit Union Ltd
Defence Force Credit Union Limited
Discovery Credit Union Ltd
Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Limited
ELCOM Credit Union Ltd
Electricity Credit Union Ltd
Encompass Credit Union Limited
Ericsson Employees Credit Co-operative Limited
Esso Employees' Credit Union Ltd
Eurobodalla Credit Union Ltd
Family First Credit Union Limited
Fire Brigades Employees' Credit Union Limited
Fire Service Credit Union Limited
Firefighters & Affiliates Credit Co-operative Limited
First Option Credit Union Limited
First Pacific Credit Union Limited
Fitzroy & Carlton Community Credit Co-operative Limited
Ford Co-operative Credit Society Limited
Gateway Credit Union Ltd
Geelong & District Credit Co-operative Society Limited
GMH (Employees) Q.W.L. Credit Co-operative Limited
Goldfields Credit Union Ltd
Gosford City Credit Union Ltd
Goulburn Murray Credit Union Co-operative Limited
H.M.C. Staff Credit Union Ltd
Heritage Isle Credit Union Limited
Hibernian Credit Union Limited
Holiday Coast Credit Union Ltd
Horizon Credit Union Ltd
Hoverla Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Ltd
Hunter Mutual Limited
Hunter United Employees' Credit Union Limited
Industries Mutual Credit Union Limited
Intech Credit Union Limited
Island State Credit Union Ltd
Karpaty Ukrainian Credit Union Limited
La Trobe Country Credit Co-operative Limited
La Trobe University Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Laboratories Credit Union Ltd
Latvian Australian Credit Co-operative Society Limited
Lithuanian Co-operative Society (Talka) Limited
Lysaght Credit Union Ltd
MacArthur Credit Union Ltd
Macaulay Community Credit Co-operative Limited
Macquarie Credit Union Limited
Maleny and District Community Credit Union Limited
Manly Warringah Credit Union Ltd
Maritime Workers of Australia Credit Union Ltd
Maroondah Credit Union Ltd
MECU Limited
Melbourne University Credit Union Limited
Memberfirst Credit Union Limited
New England Credit Union Ltd
Newcom Colliery Employees' Credit Union Ltd
Northern Inland Credit Union Ltd
Nova Credit Union Limited
NSW Teachers Credit Union Ltd
Old Gold Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Orana Credit Union Ltd
Orange Credit Union Limited
Phoenix (NSW) Credit Union Ltd
Plenty Credit Co-operative Limited
Police & Nurses Credit Society Limited
Police Association Credit Co-operative Limited
Police Credit Union Limited
Polish Community Credit Union Ltd
Power Credit Union Limited
Powerstate Credit Union Ltd
Pulse Credit Union Limited
Qantas Staff Credit Union Limited
Queensland Community Credit Union Limited
Queensland Country Credit Union Ltd
Queensland Police Credit Union Limited
Queensland Professional Credit Union Ltd
Queensland Teachers' Credit Union Limited
Queenslanders Credit Union Limited
Railways Credit Union Limited
RegionalOne Credit Union Limited
Resources Credit Union Limited
RTA Staff Credit Union Limited
Satisfac Direct Credit Union Limited
Savings and Loans Credit Union (S.A.) Ltd
Security Credit Union Ltd
Select Credit Union Ltd
Service One Credit Union Ltd
SGE Credit Union Limited
Shell Employees' Credit Union Limited
South West Slopes Credit Union Ltd
Southern Cross Credit Union Limited
South-West Credit Union Co-operative Limited
St Mary's Swan Hill Co-operative Credit Society Limited
St Patrick's Mentone Co-operative Credit Society Limited
Statewest Credit Society Limited
Sutherland Credit Union Ltd
Sutherland Shire Council Employees' Credit Union Ltd
Sydney Credit Union Ltd
Tartan Credit Union Ltd
The Broken Hill Community Credit Union Ltd
The Gympie Credit Union Ltd
The Police Department Employees' Credit Union Limited
The Summerland Credit Union Limited
The TAFE and Community Credit Union Limited
The University Credit Society Limited
Traditional Credit Union Limited
TransComm Credit Co-operative Limited
Uni Credit Union Ltd
United Credit Union Limited
Victoria Teachers Credit Union Limited
Wagga Mutual Credit Union Ltd
Warwick Credit Union Ltd
WAW Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Westax Credit Society Ltd
Western City Credit Union Ltd
Woolworths/Safeway Employees' Credit Co-operative Limited
Wyong Council Credit Union Ltd
Yennora Credit Union Ltd
Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)
Foreign-owned SCCIs
GE Capital Finance Australia
GE Finance Australasia Pty Ltd
Locally Incorporated SCCIs
MoneySwitch Limited
Other ADIs
These companies are run by industry bodies and provide services (eg payments clearing) to member building societies and credit unions.
Australian Settlements Limited
Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited
Indue Ltd
One ADI that provides general banking services which does not fall into the other categories.
Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited
Authorised Non-Operating Holding Companies
HBOS Australia Pty Ltd
Reporting Form ARF 393.0
Lease Finance
Instruction Guide
The purpose of this survey is to provide monthly statistics on the provision of lease finance to private and public enterprises and individuals. The statistics are used by the APRA for regulatory purposes, and may be provided to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for policy and statistical purposes. Published aggregate statistics from this collection are used for research and policy formulation by economists, State and Federal Governments, and leasing associations.
A separate form for lease finance in all eight states should be completed:
ARF 393.0.1 Lease Finance in NSW;
ARF 393.0.2 Lease Finance in VIC;
ARF 393.0.3 Lease Finance in QLD;
ARF 393.0.4 Lease Finance in SA;
ARF 393.0.5 Lease Finance in WA;
ARF 393.0.6 Lease Finance in TAS;
ARF 393.0.7 Lease Finance in NT; and
ARF 393.0.8 Lease Finance in ACT.
General directions and notes
Reporting entity
This form is to be completed by all locally incorporated banks and foreign authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) on a Domestic books basis.
The Domestic books of the locally incorporated banks and foreign ADI relates to the Australian books of the Australian ADI and has the following scope:
is an unconsolidated report of the Australian licensed ADI's operations/ transactions that are booked inside Australia;
exclude offshore branches of the Australian licensed ADI from this reporting unit;
exclude offshore banking units based overseas from this reporting unit;
do not consolidate Australian and offshore controlled entities or associated entities that are not ADIs;
include Australian based offshore banking units of the licensed ADI; and
include transactions with non-residents recorded on Australian books.
This form should be completed by all Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited and Building Societies on a licensed ADI basis.
Licensed ADI
This refers to the operations of the reporting ADI on a stand-alone basis.
Securitisation deconsolidation principle
Except where stated otherwise on this form, reporting entities must treat any securitisation program special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in which the ADI (or a member of its consolidated group) participates in accordance with APRA’s clean sale and separation requirements as non-consolidated independent third parties. As a result, for reporting purposes all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of these SPVs must be excluded from the ADI’s reported amounts. Where relevant, report on this form any exposure to or other transaction between the ADI and any such SPV as if such transaction was conducted with an independent third party, regardless of whether the SPV or its assets is consolidated for accounting purposes.
APRA's clean sale and separation requirements are set out in APS 120 Funds Management and Securitisation and related Guidance Notes AGN 120.3 Purchase and Supply of Assets (including Securities Issued by SPVs) and AGN 120.1 Disclosure and Separation. Whenever the clean sale and separation requirements are not met, all the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the SPV are to be consolidated with the ADI’s reported amounts.
Reporting period
The information provided in this form should be for the calendar month up to and including the last day of the reporting month. Locally incorporated banks, Foreign ADIs, Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited and Building Societies should submit the completed form to APRA within 10 business days after the end of the relevant reporting month.
Unit of measurement
Amounts denominated in foreign currency are to be converted to AUD in accordance with AASB 121 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (AASB 121).
The general requirements of AASB 121 for translation are:
foreign currency monetary items outstanding at the reporting date must be translated at the spot rate at the reporting date;[1]
[1]Monetary items are defined to mean units of currency held and assets and liabilities to be received or paid in a fixed or determinable number of units of currency. Spot rate means the exchange rate for immediate delivery.
foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency must be translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction;[2]
[2]Examples of non-monetary items include amounts prepaid for goods and services (e.g. prepaid rent); goodwill; intangible assets; physical assets; and provisions that are to be settled by the delivery of a non-monetary asset.
foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at fair value will be translated at the exchange rate at the date when fair value was determined.
Transactions arising under foreign currency derivative contracts at the reporting date must be prepared in accordance with AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (AASB 139). However, those foreign currency derivatives that are not within the scope of AASB 139 (e.g. some foreign currency derivatives that are embedded in other contracts) remain within the scope of AASB 121.
For APRA purposes equity items must be translated using the foreign currency exchange rate at the date of investment or acquisition. Post acquisition changes in equity are required to be translated on the date of the movement.
As foreign currency derivatives are measured at fair value, the currency derivative contracts are translated at the spot rate at the reporting date.
Exchange differences should be recognised in profit and loss in the period which they arise. For foreign currency derivatives, the exchange differences would be recognised immediately in profit and loss if the hedging instrument is a fair value hedge. For derivatives used in a cash flow hedge, the exchange differences should be recognised directly in equity.
The ineffective portion of the exchange differences in all hedges would be recognised in profit and loss; and
translation of financial reports of foreign operations.
A foreign operation is defined in AASB 121 as meaning an entity that is a subsidiary, associate, joint venture or branch of a reporting entity, the activities of which are based or conducted in a country or currency other than those of the reporting entity.
Exchange differences relating to foreign currency monetary items that form part of the net investment of an entity in a foreign operation, must be recognised as a separate component of equity.
Translation of financial reports should otherwise follow the requirements in AASB 121.
Basis of preparation
Unless otherwise specifically stated, information reported on this form should comply with Australian accounting standards.
Definitions
A separate form for lease finance in all eight states should be completed. Where the entity has no activity in any state, check the “nil form” box. The form requests details of new commitments to provide lease finance to private and public enterprises. Only the Australian activities of the business should be included on the form. If exact figures are not available please provide careful estimates. Please note that the items listed under ‘Include’ and ‘Exclude’ are examples and should not be taken as a complete list of items to be included or excluded.
What is a “commitment”?
A commitment is a firm offer to provide finance which has been accepted by the client. A commitment generally exists once the loan application has been approved, and a loan contract or letter of offer has been issued to the borrower.
Include:
commitments to related corporations except to those related corporations within the same Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 category or Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) class; and
new commitments which have also been cancelled during the month.
Exclude:
commitments to non-residents;
commitments for commercial hire purchase agreements (these should be reported on ARF 391.0 Commercial Finance (ARF 391.0));
commitments for debt participation in leveraged lease agreements (these should be reported on ARF 391.0);
commitments for leasing of land and buildings; and
commitments for leveraged leases which are finance leases where the lessor provides a portion of the finance, with the major portion usually provided by long-term creditors and where the creditors’ recourse to the lessor is restricted to the proceeds from disposal of the leased asset and any unremitted lease payments.
How to consolidate
For corporations registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001, report consolidated figures for all related corporations within the same Registered Financial Corporation category.
For other corporations, report consolidated figures for all related corporations within the same ANZSIC class.
Valuation
Use one of the following valuation methods:
the capital cost of new goods;
the written-down value of goods re-leased;
the purchase price of second-hand goods;
in the case of finance leases, where the full value of the goods under lease is not financed by one corporation (e.g. partnership and syndicated leases), the value is your share of the full value, not equity participation; or
in the case of revolving lease facilities, such as master leases, report the value of goods acquired at each drawdown against such facilities. Do not report the value of commitments to provide a leasing limit or to increase a leasing limit.
Specific instructions
Part A: Value of goods financed under new lease commitments
This section asks for details of the value and type of the goods financed, or for which commitments to finance have been made, under both operating and finance lease (excluding leveraged leases) arrangements during the month.
Definitions
A finance lease refers to the leasing or hiring of tangible assets under an agreement (other than a hire purchase agreement) which transfers from the lessor to the lessee substantially all the risks and benefits incident to ownership of the assets, without transferring the legal ownership.
An operating lease is a lease under which the lessor effectively retains substantially all the risks and benefits incident to ownership of the leased asset. For the purpose of this survey only include details of operating leases of terms of one year or more.
Cars, station wagons and small passenger vehicles
The depreciation limit is the maximum amount which can be depreciated for taxation purposes. This limit is revised periodically. As at 6 June 2001, the Australian Taxation Office advised the limit was $55,134.
Include:
cars, station wagons, 4WD and forward control passenger vehicles/vans.
Exclude:
utilities and panel vans (include in Question 2);
buses (include in Question 6); and
special vehicles and motor cycles/scooters (include in Question 6).
Light trucks
Include:
vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of goods and not exceeding 3.5 tonnes gross vehicles mass, such as utilities, panels vans, light trucks, station wagons, 4WD vehicles and forward control vans used to carry goods.
Exclude:
tow trucks (include in Question 6); and
tractors, self-propelled mowers, plant and equipment (include in Questions 8-10, as applicable).
Heavy trucks
Include:
all vehicles with a gross combination mass rating in excess of 3.5 tonnes (this includes prime movers registered without trailers).
Exclude:
passenger carrying trailer combinations and non-freight carrying vehicles (include in Question 6).
Trailers, buses/coaches and other motor vehicles
Include:
trailers (tray and table top trailers, semi-trailers designed to connect to a prime mover, animal carriers, trailed machinery, etc.);
buses and coaches;
special vehicles (ambulances, hearses, tow trucks, fire engines, etc.);
motor cycles/scooters;
caravans (motorised and non motorised); and
other non-freight carrying vehicles (mobile libraries, kitchens, workshops, etc.).
Exclude:
fork lifts (include in Question 7 (iv)).
Construction and earth moving equipment
Include:
crawler tractors, dumpers, road rollers, earth packers, scarifiers, rippers, concrete mixers, dozers, graders, mobile cranes, concrete pumpers, etc.
Manufacturing equipment
Include:
all plant and equipment used in the manufacture of goods.
Exclude:
all motor vehicles (include in Questions 1 to 6); and
fork lifts (include in Question 7 (iv)).
Agricultural machinery and equipment
Include:
tractors, tillage implements, seeding, planting and fertilising equipment, agricultural mowers, harvesters, and other agricultural machinery and equipment.
Exclude:
crawler tractors (include in Question 8).
Electronic data processing equipment
Include:
computers, computer peripherals, data entry systems and printers.
Office machines
Include:
telephone systems (including computerised PABX equipment);
accounting and adding machines, calculators and cash registers (programmable and multifunctional); and
duplicating and photocopying machines and dictaphones.
Other
Include:
gambling machines; and
medical equipment.
Part B: Value of goods by industry of lessee
Industry is the business the client is mainly engaged in. The industry groupings are according to the ANZSIC.
Include:
businesses that provide related or supporting services.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Include:
lessees engaged in providing related services such as sheep shearing, aerial agricultural services, harvesting or forest protection.
Mining
Include:
lessees engaged in mineral exploration, in the provision of services to mining or mineral exploration, and mining enterprises under development.
Manufacturing
Include:
lessees engaged in manufacturing products, where ‘manufacturing is related to the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products’.
Construction
Include:
lessees engaged in special trade construction such as plumbing, earthmoving and dredging, painting, etc.
Wholesale trade
Include:
lessees engaged in the resale of new or used goods to businesses or to institutional (including Government) users.
Retail trade
Include:
lessees engaged in the resale of goods to final consumers for personal or household consumption; and
lessees engaged in reselling their own goods by auction.
Transport and storage
Include:
lessees engaged in providing terminal and storage facilities; and
lessees engaged in services related to transport, booking, travel, forwarding, materials handling, etc.
Finance and insurance
Include:
lessees engaged in the provision of finance, investments in financial assets and in providing services to lenders, borrowers and investors; and
lessees engaged in the provision of insurance and superannuation, and in providing services to insurances.
Property and business services
Include:
lessees engaged in valuing, purchasing, selling, renting, leasing or managing real estate;
lessees engaged in developing or subdividing land;
lessees engaged in scientific research and meteorological service;
lessees engaged in providing technical, legal, accounting and other business services; and
lessees engaged in renting and hiring equipment (except cars, trucks and other transport equipment).
Cultural, recreational, personal and other services
Include:
lessees engaged in providing entertainment, recreational, library, museum, accommodation and catering services;
lessees engaged in providing personal services such as laundries, hairdressing, photography and funerals;
private households employing staff; and
lessees engaged in public order and safety services (such as police, prison and fire-brigade).
Government administration and defence
Include:
lessees engaged in Federal, State and Local government enterprises that undertake public administration and regulatory activities;
judicial authorities and commissions; and
Army, Navy and Air Force defence establishments.
Health and community services
Include:
lessees engaged in providing health, welfare and employment services; and
certain non-profit organisations such as religious organisations, and business, professional and labour organisations, political parties and associations formed to promote community or sectional aims.
Other industries
Include:
lessees not elsewhere classified, such as those involved in the production or distribution of gas or electricity, the storage or supply of water, and the provision of education and communication services.
Total
The Total equals the sum of questions 17 to 29. The total of Question 30 should equal Question 15.
Part C: Comments
Please provide comments
on any of the information you have supplied on this form;
on any questions which caused problems; and
if you would like to suggest improvements to this form.
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